Last week I was turning some small diameter stock, I want to use some small 1/4“ tool I had, the tool holders I have, would not hold tools that small. I worked around that with some serious shimming, but never felt secure about it.

Today, I happen on a Harbor Freight #42806, QCTP kit, it list for about $100 and my total cost was less than $30. The kit is designed for a mini lathe and is optimized for 1/4” and 5/16” tooling. I spent a good part of the afternoon, adapting it to my current lathe, a Jet 14 x 40. After I finished it up, I set it up for a 1/4” tool using a 21.51 CCMT carbide insert, and remade the parts I did last week. The parts are better and I feel better for that.

Will use this more than once a year, NO, was it a worthwhile , YES. If nothing else it was a pleasant afternoon in the shop.

The QCTP was a return, the list was $100, less the 20%, then at $80, then they knocked $50 as it was a return and a couple of pieces were missing (a couple of screws and the Allen wrenches, nothing too important).

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Norm was here during most of the install process, he was watching parts of The Perils of Nyoka, when the best actor in the serial was the German shepherd, portraying Nyoka’s dog Fang. The rest of the cast were either cardboard or very wooden, but Charles Middleton (Ming in the Flash Gordon serials) had a staring role, good role for him, but the dog was better.

The QCTP was basically an afternoon lark, I was waiting for a series of emails (still waiting), so I had to be home. The cost was the real driving factor, the tool post’s ability to handle the small shanked tools, was also a benefit. This will be a tool that may be used once or twice a year.